Copperloy | Excellence in Material Handling Equipment Manufacturing
To run an efficient facility, you need equipment that can withstand the stresses of a busy space. Have you and your colleagues been trying to find the right heavy duty ramps for your workspace? Twinsburg, Ohio’s Copperloy serves teams from across a diverse range of industries. To list, just some of these fields include defense, energy and manufacturing.
Copperloy’s heavy duty ramps can withstand the stresses of the busiest freight handling spaces and help teams of all kinds maximize efficiency. With this in mind, you can learn more about the Copperloy team and its work by visiting the company website.
Implementing Heavy Duty Ramps From Copperloy in Your Space
Copperloy’s heavy duty loading ramps not only stand up to various types of wear, but also help teams maintain safe workspaces. Significantly, ramps from Copperloy come with an exclusive range of safety features. For example, an 8-foot level off allows for easy forklift access while 7-inch safety curbs keep runoff to a minimum.
Customers choose heavy duty loading ramps from Copperloy ahead of competing models when they want to streamline operations. Specifically, Copperloy ramps are notable for resistance to wear, exceptional stability, rapid raise times and overall ease of use.
Are you and your team ready to transform your space for optimal safety, efficiency and profitability? If so, then reach out to the team of experts from Copperloy today. Visit the Copperloy website to take the next steps.
Ramp Safety is Copperloy’s Top Priority
OSHA Guidelines for Forklift Use Yard Ramps and Warehouse Loading Dock Ramps
In light of the number of accidents on forklifts, OSHA estimates 85 fatal forklift accidents per year; 34,900 forklift accidents result in serious injury; and 61,800 are classified as non-serious. Copperloy takes ramp safety seriously in all the features of their yard ramp design. This data is supported by the Industrial Truck Association, who estimates there are about 855,900 forklifts in the U.S. Therefore, over 11% of all forklifts will be involved in some type of accident each year.
Forklift fatalities by industry and type:
| Fatal Accident Type | % | Where fatalities occur | % | |
| Crushed by vehicle tipping over | 42% | Mining | 1.2 | |
| Crushed between vehicle and a surface | 25% | Construction | 23.8 | |
| Crushed between two vehicles | 11% | Manufacturing | 42.5 | |
| Struck or run over by a forklift | 10% | Transportation | 11.0 | |
| Struck by falling material | 8% | Wholesale trades | 12.5 | |
| Fall from platform on the forks | 4% | Retail trade | 9.0 |
OSHA’s guidelines for forklift ramp safety are related to speed and maintaining a slow, controlled ascent or descent on the ramp. Specific requirements include:
- 29 CFR 1926.451(e)(5)(ii)– “No ramp or walkway shall be inclined more than a slope of one vertical to three horizontal (20 degrees above the horizontal).”
- 29 CFR 1910.178(n)(7)– “Grades shall be ascended or descended slowly.”
- 29 CFR 1910.178(m)(6)– “A safe distance shall be maintained from the edge of ramps…”
The design of the forklift ramps from Copperloy helps meet these requirements, keeping forklift operators safe.
About the Team From Copperloy | Premier Yard Ramps, Dock Boards and More
Have you and your team been searching for the right heavy duty ramps for your space? Do you need to find out how to make your facility a safer, more efficient and more profitable place?
When you need to upgrade your facility, you can count on the material handling equipment manufacturers from Copperloy, without a doubt. Connect with the team today to learn more about Copperloy heavy duty ramps and other pieces.
Whether your next upgrade requires durable dock boards, dock plates, van ramps, heavy duty yard ramps or edge of dock levelers, you can feel confident in counting on Copperloy. You can count on the team from Copperloy to help you find the right addition to your space no matter your project goal.
The manufacturers from Copperloy dedicate themselves to producing durable installations that foster loading dock safety, above all. Specifically, the team keeps the most current in both robotic and computer numerical control (CNC) technologies to keep both customer satisfaction and product quality as high as possible.
Count on the team from Copperloy for an extensive selection of both new and used material handling pieces. Simply see https://copperloy.com/ today to find out how Copperloy could help you get the most out of your next project.